Game 28: Manhattan (5-22) vs. Stony Brook (11-15)
Pritchard Gym (1,680) - Stony Brook, N.Y.
Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 2 p.m.
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Manhattan (5-22)
Manhattan looks for its second win in three games when the Jaspers visit Stony Brook on Saturday afternoon. The Jaspers last victory came on Sunday when Manhattan picked up a 84-81 victory over Siena at Draddy Gymnasium. Manhattan had its top scoring performance of the year and shot a season-best 50.9% (28-55) from the field. The Jaspers erupted for 51 points in the second half, shooting 57.7% (15-26) from the field.
The Jaspers will try to bounce back from a loss to local MAAC rival Iona on Wedneseday. Manhattan sophomore guard George Beamon led all scorers for the second straight contest by posting 21 points against the Gaels. It was his sixth 20-point performance of the year and followed a career-high 35 point effort in the Jaspers victory over Siena. He shot 12-for-19 against the Saints and was a perfect 10-for-10 at the free-throw line.
Beamon, a Roslyn, N.Y. native, has averaged 19.2 points starting in each of the Jaspers' last five contests. During this stretch he has shot 44% (37-84) from the field and 21-for-24 (87.5%) at the free-throw line. He currently ranks third in the MAAC with 15.9 points per game and he stands ninth in the conference shooting 71.1% from the free-throw line.
Manhattan graduate student Demetrius Jemison is coming off a career-high 19 point performance against Iona. The 6'8" 240-pound product of Birmingham, Ala. scored in double-digits for the ninth time in 18 starts. Jemison shot 8-for-14 against the Gaels and grabbed four rebounds. He leads Manhattan with 8.7 rebounds per game. He has shot 76.3% from the free-throw line and 43.1% from the field this season.
Jaspers' freshman forward Rhamel Brown gave Manhattan some energy off the bench against Iona. Brown scored 12 of the Jaspers' 14 bench points, shooting an efficient 5-for-7 from the field. Brown has emerged as one of the top shot blockers in the MAAC. He swatted three more shots on Wednesday and leads the MAAC with 61 blocks. Brown also ranks second in the conference with 4.3 rebounds per game.
Stony Brook (11-15)
The Seawolves have won two of their last three contests and three of their last four games at Pritchard Gym. Stony Brook is coming off a 58-43 loss at Albany on Monday. Seawolves' sophomore guard Leonard Hayes led Stony Brook with a team-high 18 points in the setback.
Stony Brook is led in scoring by junior guard Bryan Dougher who is averaging 13.1 points and he has also dished out a team-high 56 assists. Sophomore guard Marcus Rouse, a 6'0" 170-pound native of Upper Marlboro, Md., ranks second on the Seawolves roster with 7.7 points per game.
The Seawolves were selected to finish second in the America East, according to the Preseason Coaches' Poll. Stony Brook is led by sixth-year head coach Steve Pikiell who guided the 2009-2010 team to a program record 22 wins, including 13 in the conference to earn Stony Brook's first-ever America East regular-season title.
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